#896 Talking Dirty

Amelius on April 9, 2011

Good news, Nick's father is out of the hospital now, but he still has a long way to go to recover. Between driving across town every day to visit and help out Nick's parents and DD's problems, finding time to draw the art for this page and color it let alone be able to update it was proving to be quite difficult. DD's still hiccuping a bit (sidebars are broken and I got logged out twice today!) but I really wanted to update this comic. It wasn't DD's fault though, so I'm not upset with them, I just thought it would be best to give it time to settle before I tried to upload again.

This page was a bit of a challenge. It was hard to find a good balance of cheeky innuendo without being offensive or vulgar but to still carry the intentions through. Most examples that came to mind were just TOO much, and I didn't want to give anyone a bad impression!
Interestingly enough, that word that Kavonn just interrupted does not actually mean what most people think it means!The definition most people use it for is only the final of 3 possible definitions, the first two having to do with speaking and information exchange! (Of course, the problem is people dropped the qualifier. I hate when people drop the qualifiers… people are just getting so lazy with their language lately. Ah, alliteration!)
Funny how words change their meaning over time? On the other hand, “to converse with” did once mean “to have relations with”!
“Gentility” refers to a genteel demeanor, which is basically a “well-bred, well-mannered, refined, and stylish” person, but often refers to fake decorum and prudish affectations. Basically he's saying she's not very lady-like but that doesn't excuse Phineas to make jokes about her virtues (or perceived lack thereof!). Of course he's only really upset because he's getting dragged into it!

And to refer to Crispo's little mini-rant there, his parents are total hippies. :D But Crispo isn't too happy about being the shortest half-dragon in the village. He had indicated a while back (pg.#513 in fact)that the half-dragon girls he knows won't give him the time of day… and it's because they're mostly halfbreeds of taller creatures! So yes, he's bearing a bit of resentment there.

I had some questions to answer that I said I'd post in the forum, so here's some links to the threads I made for Jackalopefan's question about magic and the weapons, and for Tabby Cat's question on the previous page regarding their past-reading abilities.

Thanks for asking those, I have fun answering them but I had to think of the best way to answer them both without giving too much away, haha! :D